Month: April 2017

I am being so slow with my book-reading this year, but there’s good news to report as far as my yearly goals, and I have a feeling things will pick up soon. FINISHED: Why We Buy: The Science of Shopping by Paco Underhill As so many of the Goodreads reviewers mentioned, it did feel sort […]

I don’t know about you, but I love my mom. As in, we actually get along pretty well and we’re kind of friends. I don’t tell her everything that I tell friends who are closer to my age, but we have a lot of similar interests, and we email on a pretty consistent basis. One […]

Easter has come and gone once again, and like last year, I had a busy day leading up to the Easter Vigil potluck. This year we were at a baseball game for the few hours beforehand, and while we had a few hours between game time and needing to be at church, walking around on […]

Usually when the Boy and I find a new show to watch on streaming, especially if there is a whole season or two available, we take our time. Especially if it’s a juicy, dramatic piece with lots to think about. I will push for the next episode, and the Boy will go, “No – we […]

April // 9 Things I Can Do Without OR Purge OR Spring Clean It’s been an interesting time in our house. As much as spring is the time when a lot of people get rid of stuff, we’ve been bringing a lot of new things into the house. Because when you’re getting married, people like to give you […]

I am a terrible person – but not for the reasons you may think. It turns out part of my terribleness is related to the fact that I only had three passwords or so that I used for the entirety of my presence on the internet. I had known this for years and years. I […]

Imagine that you find yourself 2.5 weeks in advance of a large scale, major-life-event type party that you’ve been planning for months. You are definitely stressed. You have probably run out of creative energy. Making a “real” dinner is not interesting or appealing because it requires energy and focus on something that is not the […]

And I’m back – as promised. Though I’m still exhausted from a week of craziness, things are starting to calm down a little bit. And it’s letting me remember an awesome dinner I had a few weeks ago. As previously mentioned, my young adults group at church like to go out for brunch, and during […]

Hey friends. Because really, most of you reading this know me in real life. I think. I should go check the stats for that survey I did back in December to be sure. Anyways – the point is that you know now is a busy time. Like…busy. And as much as I would like to […]